That evening, Du Heng and his colleagues went out for a celebratory dinner in honor of Old Song's promotion.
During the dinner, when everyone learned that Du Heng had published two core papers, they all congratulated him.
However, these were just simple congratulations. For them, working at the Health Clinic, the significance of publishing papers wasn't that great.
Especially since, apart from Zhang Jinlian, none of the others present were doctors, so it didn't resonate much with them.
Offering congratulations was simply the polite thing to do among colleagues.
Zhang Jinlian's behavior, however, was quite peculiar and took Du Heng by surprise. She, too, congratulated him like everyone else, laughing and saying many kind words.
Based on their interactions over the recent period, Du Heng felt that even if he and Zhang Jinlian weren't cold to each other, they certainly wouldn't be greeting each other with smiles.